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E-Newsletter - Summer 2014 
      
Katie Hill
Katie Hill supports teachers with strategies to help children who are struggling with adjusting to the classroom setting.
New team-teaching model improves kindergarten readiness
  

Entering a school setting for the first time can be hard on all children, regardless of their level of development. That transition can be even more challenging when a child has an unidentified need.

 

Throughout the past year, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Opus Foundation, St. David's Center piloted a new teaching team structure that aims to earlier identify children who are struggling with transition, and provide more resources to help them succeed.

 

Read more about how the change is benefiting our Early Childhood Education program.

 
Featured Donor:
A generous
case of mistaken identity
    Kris Kasper 

If any of you have ever attempted to Google search St. David's Center online, you likely know that we share a name with a medical center in

Austin, Texas. On occasion we have

individuals contact us wishing to volunteer or set up an appointment at the Texas hospital and redirect them to the doctors and staff there.

 

However, a recent mix-up turned into much more than a redial.

 

Read more  

about why we're thanking the man pictured above.
Annual Golf Tournament
drives in success
  
Through spurts of rain and record-low temperatures on July 14, more than 100 golfers took on Minnesota's toughest course...and helped us Build Our Children's Future in the process.
 
Our Tee Up for Tomorrow Golf Tournament raised nearly $100,000 with sponsorships, silent auction proceeds and fund-a-need donations combined.
 
It is with our deepest gratitude that we thank John and Candace Randle for co-presenting this important event with the Minnesota Vikings for a second year.
 
Vikings alumni Joey Browner, "Benchwarmer" Bob Lurtsema and Stu Voigt took first place, and current Vikings Chad Greenway and Adam Thielen along with Ben Leber and Mox Gunderson made up the second place foursome. 
 
Check out the highlights from the day, and save Monday, July 13, 2015 as the date for next year's tournament!

Volunteer Spotlight:

Tapan

Bhattacharya
    

With the introduction of Tapan Bhattacharya, St. David's Center has built a new relationship that is helping us even more effectively nurture the development of every child and family.

 

Tapan has been volunteering multiple days a week at the Minnetonka campus in the Admissions and Health Information Management department. A retiree with a strong and prestigious background in information technology, he has been helping St. David's Center build an internal website to keep staff in all of our 20+ programs in tune with each other and the organization.
 
Learn more
about Tapan and why we appreciate him so much!
 
Must-dos for families before the sun sets on summer
  

With just three weeks to go, you can feel the excitement for the upcoming school year building within both you and your child. Each new fall brings a new chapter to your lives, but often some regret about leaving summer behind as well. While your kids may be dreading earlier bedtimes and the end of swimming pool season, you're likely sentimental that this is the last summer you'll have with them as a 2-, 3-, 4- or 5-year-old.

 

To help with the transition, St. David's Center staff offer tips on how you can make the most of the remainder of the season. Read more. 

Upcoming Events
St. David's Center Presents: 
Khumba - An outdoor movie event 
 
Friday, September 12, 2014

6:30-9:30 p.m.

MeMe's Playground, St. David's Center

For: Current & alumni St. David's Center Families

 

Join us for an evening of back to school fun on the playground! Khumba is a story of a young zebra born with only half his stripes who is rejected by his herd but sets out on a daring mission with a sassy wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich to find the legendary waterhole where zebras were said to first get their stripes. Register your family now, and don't forget your picnic blanket! 

Get Out and Grow! Fall Festival
The 9th Annual St. David's Center Fall Festival 
 
Saturday, September 27, 2014

10 a.m.-2 p.m.

St. David's Center, Minnetonka Campus 

For: The whole community

  

Celebrate the great outdoors and   

your family's place in it!

    

This free outdoor festival, presented by The Mosaic Company, features up-close encounters with animals and nature as well as interactive art, music and energy-boosting activities that promote positive growth in all areas of child development. 

  

New this year! 5K Fun Run
 A 9 a.m. pre-festival event for all ages and abilities. Learn more and register today!
Aug. 25-29:
Sept. 1:
Sept. 2:
Sept. 11:
Sept. 12:
Sept. 15:
Sept. 27:
Oct. 7:
Oct. 17:
Oct. 23:
   ECE & Family Place Closed
   All Programs Closed
   ADT Closed
   ADT Information Session
   Outdoor Movie Event
   ECE Parent Orientation
   Fall Festival & 5K Fun Run
   Annual ADT Celebration
   ECE Closed
   CES: Parenting from Your Heart:
   Compassion, Connection and Choice
3395 Plymouth Road, Minnetonka, MN 55305
(952) 939-0396